US and China conclude trade talks

中美结束贸易谈判

Business Matters

2025-06-11

49 分钟
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After two days of London talks, the US and China agree on a trade framework - pending approval from Presidents Trump and Xi, reports say. Pakistan announced that their defence spending is increasing by 17% in the fiscal year ending June 2026 - we get reaction from Uzair Younus, Principal at the Atlantic Council’s Asia Group And a new Apple feature will reportedly block out hold music. We hear from Debbie Wiseman, a conductor and composer who has turned her hand to hold music in the past.
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  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.

  • Plenty coming up in the programme,

  • but we're going to go straight to some breaking news on those talks between the US and China to guide us through them.

  • We have Tony Nash, of course,

  • familiar voice on the programme from Texas, who is from Complete Intelligence,

  • which I suppose nowadays you need, don't you,

  • to try and make sense of this world around us?

  • We need it.

  • We need it all.

  • We need all that we can get.

  • Like never before.

  • Yeah, that is probably true.

  • Nafam is also with us.

  • Normally in Taiwan, in Taipei, but where are you at the moment, Naf?

  • Hello, Rahul.

  • I'm in Hanoi at the moment.

  • Very, very hot, I can tell you that.

  • Hanoi, Vietnam.

  • What has taken you to Vietnam?

  • What are you working on there?